Living in korea has taught me to never to tip again, why the fuck are we tipping these assholes anyways? Isn’t it part of the job to serve? But my biggest problem with tipping is that, people expect a tip and they give a mediocre service.
for example a hair salon in south Korea, I walk into a hair salon to get my hair cut. The person at the door greats me and grabs my coat to put it into an individual locker. I didn't have to take off the coat, they did it for me after this they hand me the keys to open the locker so no one can open it. Then they prewash my hair (really good by the way). While I’m waiting for my hair to be cut, the barber’s assistant comes and gives me a "hand massage". Then after the hair cut, they wash my hair again. After the whole thing they went and grabbed my coat and put it on for me. They would not let me do it myself.
All this service for 12,000won which is about 11.50 dollars and remember you never tip in korea.
Another thing, the food delivery is great here. You can order a 4,500 won item which is about 4.10 dollars and they will deliver it to you without a delivery charge nor a tip.
I think we should change the tipping guide lines. If the person goes out of their way to provide an extra service then yea tipping should be fine. But if the asswipes are just doing something the job requires I think we should not tip them.
sorry i'm just mad at all the times i tipped because i'm living in south korea.
